AFL-CIO to discuss alleged union discrimination and economy
The AFL CIO executive council opens a four day meeting in Unity House Pa focusing on alleged discrimination in building trades unions and the economy. Meany-led campaign against racial bias and rail strike issues may be raised amid broader labor concerns.
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Afl-Cio
Unity House
Afl-Cio Executive Council
New York
George Meany
Congress
Meany
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers of America
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Labor Department
Washington
Reuther
Kennedy
Federal Reserve
House Commerce Committee
Echo I marks third birthday in space today
Echo I, the balloon satellite launched August 12, 1960, marks its third year in orbit. It has completed about 13,500 orbits and traveled around 425 million miles, displaying endurance beyond early forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Holbrook
Dallas
Tex
America
Cape Canaveral
Collins Radio Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Richardson
Collins
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Metropolitan Life Opens Doors to Negro Tenants Nationwide
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, the nation's largest landlord, will consider Negro and other nonwhite applicants for all its housing projects. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP calls it a major breakthrough in civil rights housing goals. Projects include Parkchester in the Bronx Park Fairfax in Alexandria and others across the country.
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Bernard Gavzer
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Park Fairfax
Alexandria
Potomac
Parkchester
Bronx
Parklabrea
Los Angeles
Parkmerced
San Francisco
Peter Cooper Village
Stuyvesant Town
Riverton
Harlem
Driver Named Negligent in Fatal Somerset Crash
A Somerset County coroner's jury ruled Freder ick Vallange negligent after a June 21 crash on Rowe 31 near Bakersville that killed Rev. John E. Lilja and Mrs. Florence Chynoweth. Vallange expected to face involuntary manslaughter charges. inquest led by Coroner Robert Halverson.
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Somerset County
Frederick Vallange
Chestnut Ridge
Rowe 31
Bakersville
John E. Lilja
Coraopolis
Florence Chynoweth
Royal Palm Beach
Fla
Lilja
Somerset Community Hospital
Tpr
John H. Davidson
Vallange
Vellango
Dist. Atty
Robert Keim
Robert Halverson
Williams builds ladderless plastering system in Bisbee
Jesse Williams avoided moving a ladder to plaster a Bisbee home ceiling by constructing a tall set of stilts he could walk on, extending his reach and saving energy during the project.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Jesse Williams
Williams
Kennedy children visit mother in hospital suite
President Kennedy took Caroline and John Jr. to see Mrs Kennedy in her hospital room after the birth of the baby that lived less than 40 hours. Caroline carried flowers and kissed her father’s hand as the family arrived by helicopter from Hyannis Port.
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Otis Air Force Base
Miss
Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Squaw Island
Hyannis Port
White House
Andrew Hatcher
St. Francis Xavier Church
Air Force
Little John Jr
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Rusk reports progress on test ban treaty mission
Secretary of State Dean Rusk returned from Europe to brief President Kennedy on the successful test ban treaty mission. He described Khrushchev's willingness to continue U S Soviet talks to ease European tensions and outlined forthcoming Senate briefings and allied negotiations in NATO.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dean Rusk
Europe
Kennedy
Russia
West Germany
Rusk
Khrushchev
United States
Hyannis Port
Mass
Capitol
Senate
Andrews Air Force Base
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Bonn
Moscow
Gagra
Black Sea
U.S
Britain
NATO
Sportsmen Vote To Study Zoo Possibilities
The Somerset County Sportsmen League voted to form a committee to study creating a zoo or game farm in Somerset County. Homer Nibert chairs with Charles Nibert as co chair. Carl Hoppert and Walter Jerz also serve. They meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. to discuss details with Len Kiser presenting zoo possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County Sportsmens League
Somerset County
Shade Sportsmen’s Park
Homer Nibert
Charles
Carl Hoppert
Walter Jerz
Somerset Sportsmen's Cabin
Kiser
Scott Willing backs Goldwater for 1964 presidency
Sen Hugh Scott R-Pa said he would support Barry Goldwater if he is the GOP nominee. He named possible ticket partners and dismissed Pennsylvania Gov Scranton as a contender. Sen Clifford Case noted reservations and said support hinges on Goldwater’s civil rights stance and future actions. News papermen discuss Nixon and Rockefeller as other potential outcomes.
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Washington
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Clifford P
Oregon
Mark O. Hatfield
Gerald R. Ford
Rmich
Ford
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Scott
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
House Republican Conference
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Nixon
Clark
Richard M. Nixon
House
Romney
Kennedy
Case
New Jersey
New York
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Adventist Leader Proposes Scale for Punishing Drunk Drivers
William Scharfffenberg, key Adventist temperance official, urges fines tied to drunkenness level, suggesting 50 to 100 dollars. He favors hangover lodges after drinking and backing legislation to require bartenders to take keys before serving alcohol. The talk closed the 60th Western Pennsylvania Adventists summer conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh-day Adventist Conference
William Scharffenberg
Temperatce Department
General Conference of Adventists
Scharffenberg
International Commission For the Prevention of Alcoholism
Seventhday Adventists
Western Pennsylvania
West Pennsylvania Conference of Adventists
Peaceful MacDougal Street Becomes Political Battleground
New York residents on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village clash over beatnik coffeehouses that attract tourists and late-night crowds. Residents complain of noise and crime while backers call the venues a crucible for talent and a cultural revival led by figures like Carmine De Sapio, amid a long-standing housing neighborhood dispute.
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New York
Greenwich Village
MacDougal Street
Carmine de Sapio
Tammany Hall
Democratic Party
Crucible
Robert Keller
Figaro
Bleeker and MacDougal
Bids Sought for Equipment to Repair Casselman River Levee
Harrisburg officials announced bids due August 20 for rental of a bulldozer front end loader two dump trucks and a chain saw to restore a levee on the Casselman River at West Salisbury. Project Elk Lick Supervisors sponsor the work to drain surface water and remove trees along an 800 foot river bank section funded by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Department of Forests and Waters
Casselman River
West Salisbury
Elk Lick
Tub Mill Run
United States offers 50 million to rebuild Skopje
The United States proposes a 50 million dollar aid package for Skopje's reconstruction after the earthquake. Secretary Freeman meets President Tito in Yugoslavia and Tito accepts the aid, with half as an outright grant and half as a long term loan.
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Gene Kramer Brdo
Yugoslavia
United States
Skopje
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Tito
Freeman
Marshal
Julian Alps
U.S
Eric Kocher
Buddhists Demonstrate in South Viet Nam Rally at Saigon Pagoda
About 5,000 young Buddhists staged a flag-waving demonstration in front of Saigon's main pagoda on Saturday charging government persecution. Police barricaded streets but no violence occurred as monks read slogans and led a chorus of support with Army officers and palace guards nearby.
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Malcolm Browne
Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nineteen Killed in Weekend Pennsylvania Accidents
A weekend toll of nineteen includes Terrence E E Skoreski a 23 year old prospective bridegroom from Mainesburg who died after his car rolled over near Mansfield. Two multi fatality crashes occurred near Aliquippa and Milford. Victims include Manchester Keller 13 York drowned, Mildred Aron 40 Willow Grove killed by aerosol can explosion, Frank Smithco 74 Pittsburgh injured in a two car crash, Arlington Shelly 24 Lebanon died in a rollover near Fredericksburg, Noel Taylor 22 Downingtown killed at Route 90 and I 94 intersection, John Weller 47 Aliquippa and family killed in Route 18 crash, Monk 25 Lancaster ejected from vehicle on Route 22, Eli Cavalier 49 Brooklin New York killed in three car crash on Turnpike. Page Two ACCIDENTS continues.
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Pennsylvania
Terrence EE. Skoreski
Mainesburg
Blossburg State Hospital
Mansfield
Aliquippa
Milford
Manchester
Thomas A. Keller
York
Willow Grove
Mildred Aron
Erie
Frank J. Smithco
Pittsburgh
Lebanon
Arlington
A. Shelly
New Oxford
Noel C. Taylor
Downingtown
Adams County
John L. Weller
Jenny
Thomas
R.D
Lancaster
Monk
Route 22
Donegal
Eli Cavalier
Brooklin
N. Y
West Chester
Carl E. Koch
Reading R.D
Chester County Hospital
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JFK
Len Kiser
Central City
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Jack Bell
Bleeker
West Third Streets
Manhattan
Fred Dorato
MacDougal
Somerset American Harrisburg
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